We build tools makers actually want to use.
Sparky Venture Labs is an indie creative software studio that blends design-led craft with deep, real-world expertise in AV, home automation, and 3D printing. We build focused, privacy-respecting apps — starting with Printer Studio, the fastest way to dial in your 3D printer.
Printer Studio
Proven starting settings for your exact printer, filament, and slicer — so your first print comes out clean instead of in the scrap bin. Less wasted filament, fewer reprints, more parts you can actually sell.
One-time purchase, no subscription · Made by a developer who prints every day.
Get the first layer right and the rest follows
Pick your printer, slicer, and filament. Printer Studio hands you the exact numbers to type in — in plain English, with the sources behind them — so you spend your time printing instead of chasing settings across forums.
Find the right settings in three taps
Choose your printer, the slicer you run, and the material in the machine. Printer Studio shows the slicer's out-of-the-box defaults next to the known-good values experienced makers actually use — side by side, so you can see exactly what to change and why.
- Exact temps, speeds, retraction, and cooling to type in
- Defaults vs. tuned values, compared directly
- Star your go-to combos so they're one tap away next time
Know your machine inside out
Browse 78 printers across 23 brands with photos, build volumes, and calibration tips. Find your machine in seconds and jump straight to settings that suit its hotend, bed, and motion system — no more digging through manuals you've lost.
- Photos, build volumes, and per-machine calibration notes
- Search across every supported brand and model
- Tap through to recommended settings instantly
Buy the right next printer
Stack up to three printers and see how their specs line up before you spend hundreds on a new machine. Build volume, hotend, and features at a glance — so an upgrade or a second machine for the shop pays off instead of collecting dust.
- Compare up to three machines at once
- Spot the differences that actually matter
- Made for upgrade decisions and growing a print farm
Dial in any spool you buy
Manufacturer-recommended settings across dozens of brands, kept current between updates. Search, filter, and export so the exact spool in your hand has a solid starting point — even the cheap roll you grabbed on sale.
- Brand-specific recommendations for PLA, PLA+, PETG, ASA, ABS, and TPU
- Filter by brand or material, then export to CSV or JSON
- Stays current between app updates
The little things that save you a Saturday
Settings in your slicer's language
The values map to the slicer you actually run, with plain-English notes on what each one does — so you understand the change, not just copy it.
Calibration walkthroughs
Step-by-step procedures for temp towers, flow, and pressure advance — the tuning that turns a decent print into a great one.
Plain-English glossary
Stuck on a term? Look up retraction, flow, pressure advance, and more — explained without assuming you've read the forums for years.
Works anywhere, fully offline
Everything lives on your iPhone or iPad. Look up settings in the garage, at a market stall, or anywhere with no signal.
Private by design
The everyday reference app runs fully offline with no ads and no tracking. Buy once, use it forever — your settings and favorites live on your device.
Export and share
Pull settings out as CSV or JSON to keep your own notes, build a shop standard, or hand a recipe to a second machine.
Workshop & cost tracking
Track every spool with material profiles and filament inventory, then let the print log do the math — cost-per-gram and success rate recorded automatically over time.
From new spool to clean first layer in three taps
Pick your setup
Choose your printer, the slicer you use, and the material loaded in the machine.
Add your filament brand
Optionally select the exact brand and spool for manufacturer-recommended starting values.
Type in the numbers
Copy the temps, speeds, retraction, and cooling into your slicer, run a quick calibration, and print with confidence.
Built for makers, not menus
Printer Studio is just the start
More apps and tools are in the pipeline — built the same way: focused, offline-first where it counts, and made to solve a real problem instead of chasing trends. Here's a taste of what's brewing.
More maker tools
New utilities for makers and tinkerers — the same kind of dialed-in, no-nonsense help that Printer Studio brings to 3D printing, aimed at other corners of the maker world.
Apps for AV & automation
Tools that draw on years of hands-on audio/video integration and smart-home work — practical software for the things the studio knows best.
Something you'd want?
The roadmap is shaped by the people who use these apps. Have an idea for a tool you wish existed? Tell us — it might be next.
What beta testers are saying
First print on a brand-new machine came out clean — I didn't have to guess a single number.
Creality K1C owner
Seeing the slicer default next to a known-good value side by side is the thing every other app gets wrong. This nails it.
PETG & ASA printing
No setup, no fuss — works in my garage with zero signal. It just opens and gives me the number I need.
Bambu A1 + Prusa
Spend less on filament. Reprint less. Sell more.
Proven settings for 78 printers and every common filament, in your pocket and fully offline on iPhone and iPad. A one-time purchase — about the cost of one failed print.